Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
तस्य दानस्य यत्पुण्यं तदस्माकं प्रजायते । यस्मिन्गृहे सदोच्छिष्टं सदा च कलहो भवेत् । वैश्वदेवविहीने तु तत्र भुंजामहे वयम्
tasya dānasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadasmākaṃ prajāyate | yasmingṛhe sadocchiṣṭaṃ sadā ca kalaho bhavet | vaiśvadevavihīne tu tatra bhuṃjāmahe vayam
O mérito que nasce dessa dádiva reverte para nós (os pretas). Na casa onde sempre ficam restos espalhados e sempre há contendas—e onde a oferenda de Vaiśvadeva é negligenciada—ali nós nos alimentamos.
Pretāḥ
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Householders in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame
Scene: A disorderly house with leftover food scattered, family members quarreling, and no Vaiśvadeva offering; pretas sit contentedly consuming the subtle essence, while a neglected altar remains unlit.
FAQs
Domestic purity and daily sacred offerings protect merit; disorder, quarrel, and neglect of Vaiśvadeva invite preta-association and loss of puṇya.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the māhātmya uses household-dharma to frame the sanctity expected around sacred geography and rites.
Maintain cleanliness (no perpetual leftovers), cultivate harmony, and perform Vaiśvadeva (daily offering) regularly.